The Thor's Hammer front garden was designed to respond to the site's heritage, the brand's identity & concerns about the environment.

Project
Thor’s Hammer Front Garden
Griffith, Canberra

Year
2019

Synopsis

The site was previously the location of the TipTop Bread Factory.

Having just moved from the Old Canberra Brickworks, Thor’s Hammer was concerned with questions of heritage.

We established a brief which needed to respond to the old garden of the factory, while also supporting the contemporary image of Thor’s Hammer.

We aimed to address the brief by creating a large ‘front lawn’ in an ecologically sensitive way.

Approach

The large green expanse is predominantly Myoporum, while the fringes are filled with a rich collection of native grasses.

The key focus of the design was to create a guided experience for customers arriving at Thor’s Hammer. As they park on site, they’re guided up a ramp onto the sample boardwalk, surrounded by an array of native grassland textures. 

Originally very small, the Eucalyptus gregsoniana are growing quickly. Soon to enclose the boardwalk as a tunnel of mallee Eucalypts.

A front image of Thor's Hammer (In the suburb of Griffith in Canberra) with native grasses filling the foreground.
A photo taken next to the entry boardwalk. The native grasses and eucalyptus in this image were selected to enhance the experience of entering the store.
A perspective looking down over native grasses. poa labillardieri & themeda triandra.
Austrostipa scabra softens the strong white of their shipping container office. The shipping container office is complete with a native garden roof.
Hardwood decking looking into the surrounding canberra suburb. The garden design selected to place Hardenburgia 'happy wanderer' in the foreground from this perspective.
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